Loyola swim wraps up conference meet

OCALA, Fla. – The Loyola Wolf Pack swim teams finished the Sun Conference Championship on Saturday with 11 more swimming in the evening final events. Both Wolf Pack teams finished the three-day meet in sixth place out of nine competing teams. 
 

Two swimmers earned personal records in the 200-yard backstroke on Saturday. First Cloe Solbach did in the morning preliminary swim, then her 2:12.03 time in the evening finals set a new one. She placed 14th in the event while Emily Cooper took 11th with a personal-record time of 2:09.38. Dylan Chehebar and Charles Henderson also recorded personal-best times in the 200-yard butterfly. Chehebar finished eighth in the event with a time of 1:56.51, but his 1:52.46 in the prelim was a new PR. Henderson earned a new personal best in both swims on Saturday, but his 14th-place time of 1:56.60 will go down as his new PR. 
 

Monty Moore-Yetter and Harvey Quiddington both recorded solid finishes in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing back-to-back in fifth and sixth place. Moore-Yetter swam a 2:04.08 and Quiddington posted a 2:05.19. Nick Jones placed 14th in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:02.60 and Jack McNamara swam a 47.37 in the 100-yard freestyle to place 16th. 
 

Abbigail Chemacki had the best finish of the day on the women's side, placing eighth in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 18:49.42. Reese Berry earned 11th in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:32.35, Kailee Robaina placed 13th in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:18.55, and Catherine Streeter swam a 54.45 in the 100-yard freestyle to take 14th. 
 

Next up for the Wolf Pack is the NAIA National Championship, which is set for March 5-8 in Elkhart, Indiana. The qualifiers for the championship meet will be announced on Friday, Feb. 21. 
 

Loyola Women's Results

200Y Backstroke: 11, Emily Cooper, 2:09.38; 14, Cloe Solbach, 2:12.03; 19, Brianna Porter, 2:16.86.  
100Y Freestyle: 14, Catherine Streeter, 54.45; 17, Jenna Copes, 55.19; 26, Sarah Ford, 1:00.71. 
200Y Breaststroke: 11, Reese Berry, 2:32.35; 20, Megan Stempkovski, 2:44.75. 
200Y Butterfly: 13, Kailee Robaina, 2:18.55; 19, Olivia Courville, 2:44.90. 
1650Y Freestyle: 8, Abbigail Chemacki, 18:49.42. 
400Y Freestyle Relay: 7, Loyola A (Streeter, Copes, Porter, Cooper), 3:41.39; 15, Loyola B (Robaina, Solbach, Stempkovski, Ford), 3:55.73. 
 

Loyola Men's Results

200Y Backstroke: 14, Nick Jones, 2:02.60. 
100Y Freestyle: 16, Jack McNamara, 47.37; 20, Tytan Frawley, 47.85; 21, Eric Potter, 47.89; 22, Aaron Ervin, 48.66; 29, Andrew Levine, 50.29; 33, Sebastian Pedregon, 53.34. 
200Y Breaststroke: 5, Monty Moore-Yetter, 2:04.08; 6, Harvey Quiddington, 2:05.19.  
200Y Butterfly: 8, Dylan Chehebar, 1:56.51; 14, Charles Henderson, 1:56.60; 23, Jackson Smith, 2:04.56; 25, Wesley Daniel, 2:17.83. 
1650Y Freestyle: 10, Sergio Martínez Sanz, 16:42.64; 12, Logan Gary, 16:56.00. 
400Y Freestyle Relay: 7, Loyola A (B. Chehebar, McNamara, Potter, Frawley), 3:07.71; 13, Loyola B (D. Chehebar, Jones, Gary, Levine), 3:13.69.